diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index e7cc5cb2ac..ab24d04b0c 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v7 v7.17.1
 	github.com/elastic/go-licenser v0.4.1
 	github.com/elastic/go-ucfg v0.8.6
-	github.com/elastic/package-spec v1.15.0
+	github.com/elastic/package-spec v1.16.0
 	github.com/fatih/color v1.13.0
 	github.com/go-git/go-billy/v5 v5.3.1
 	github.com/go-git/go-git/v5 v5.4.2
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/emicklei/go-restful/v3 v3.8.0 // indirect
 	github.com/emirpasic/gods v1.12.0 // indirect
 	github.com/evanphx/json-patch v4.12.0+incompatible // indirect
+	github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.6.0 // indirect
 	github.com/exponent-io/jsonpath v0.0.0-20151013193312-d6023ce2651d // indirect
 	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.5.4 // indirect
 	github.com/go-errors/errors v1.0.1 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 814d7882a7..0209d93229 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -415,8 +415,8 @@ github.com/elastic/go-ucfg v0.8.6 h1:stUeyh2goTgGX+/wb9gzKvTv0YB0231LTpKUgCKj4U0
 github.com/elastic/go-ucfg v0.8.6/go.mod h1:4E8mPOLSUV9hQ7sgLEJ4bvt0KhMuDJa8joDT2QGAEKA=
 github.com/elastic/gojsonschema v1.2.1 h1:cUMbgsz0wyEB4x7xf3zUEvUVDl6WCz2RKcQPul8OsQc=
 github.com/elastic/gojsonschema v1.2.1/go.mod h1:biw5eBS2Z4T02wjATMRSfecfjCmwaDPvuaqf844gLrg=
-github.com/elastic/package-spec v1.15.0 h1:yiKL6upN9YI2mjXI8+F15dIeJJXDw+ouG5w/myXNBIs=
-github.com/elastic/package-spec v1.15.0/go.mod h1:ZZvyYknLhjFqOHBKKmAwkpiwpyOj36dLIwWfYtbs/HY=
+github.com/elastic/package-spec v1.16.0 h1:EF3pGOdGMDIKCCwDytCHjQqcNXgyc81OA4hCEIvDARE=
+github.com/elastic/package-spec v1.16.0/go.mod h1:cWJrac71dhHA6zDWHl8yPUajMqCHA6xZcni/V9bVN2M=
 github.com/elazarl/goproxy v0.0.0-20180725130230-947c36da3153 h1:yUdfgN0XgIJw7foRItutHYUIhlcKzcSf5vDpdhQAKTc=
 github.com/elazarl/goproxy v0.0.0-20180725130230-947c36da3153/go.mod h1:/Zj4wYkgs4iZTTu3o/KG3Itv/qCCa8VVMlb3i9OVuzc=
 github.com/emicklei/go-restful v0.0.0-20170410110728-ff4f55a20633/go.mod h1:otzb+WCGbkyDHkqmQmT5YD2WR4BBwUdeQoFo8l/7tVs=
@@ -439,6 +439,8 @@ github.com/evanphx/json-patch v4.9.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:50XU6AFN0ol/bzJsmQLi
 github.com/evanphx/json-patch v4.11.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:50XU6AFN0ol/bzJsmQLiYLvXMP4fmwYFNcr97nuDLSk=
 github.com/evanphx/json-patch v4.12.0+incompatible h1:4onqiflcdA9EOZ4RxV643DvftH5pOlLGNtQ5lPWQu84=
 github.com/evanphx/json-patch v4.12.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:50XU6AFN0ol/bzJsmQLiYLvXMP4fmwYFNcr97nuDLSk=
+github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.6.0 h1:b91NhWfaz02IuVxO9faSllyAtNXHMPkC5J8sJCLunww=
+github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.6.0/go.mod h1:G79N1coSVB93tBe7j6PhzjmR3/2VvlbKOFpnXhI9Bw4=
 github.com/exponent-io/jsonpath v0.0.0-20151013193312-d6023ce2651d h1:105gxyaGwCFad8crR9dcMQWvV9Hvulu6hwUh4tWPJnM=
 github.com/exponent-io/jsonpath v0.0.0-20151013193312-d6023ce2651d/go.mod h1:ZZMPRZwes7CROmyNKgQzC3XPs6L/G2EJLHddWejkmf4=
 github.com/fatih/camelcase v1.0.0/go.mod h1:yN2Sb0lFhZJUdVvtELVWefmrXpuZESvPmqwoZc+/fpc=
@@ -744,6 +746,7 @@ github.com/jbenet/go-context v0.0.0-20150711004518-d14ea06fba99 h1:BQSFePA1RWJOl
 github.com/jbenet/go-context v0.0.0-20150711004518-d14ea06fba99/go.mod h1:1lJo3i6rXxKeerYnT8Nvf0QmHCRC1n8sfWVwXF2Frvo=
 github.com/jedib0t/go-pretty v4.3.0+incompatible h1:CGs8AVhEKg/n9YbUenWmNStRW2PHJzaeDodcfvRAbIo=
 github.com/jedib0t/go-pretty v4.3.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:XemHduiw8R651AF9Pt4FwCTKeG3oo7hrHJAoznj9nag=
+github.com/jessevdk/go-flags v1.4.0/go.mod h1:4FA24M0QyGHXBuZZK/XkWh8h0e1EYbRYJSGM75WSRxI=
 github.com/jessevdk/go-flags v1.5.0/go.mod h1:Fw0T6WPc1dYxT4mKEZRfG5kJhaTDP9pj1c2EWnYs/m4=
 github.com/jmespath/go-jmespath v0.0.0-20160202185014-0b12d6b521d8/go.mod h1:Nht3zPeWKUH0NzdCt2Blrr5ys8VGpn0CEB0cQHVjt7k=
 github.com/jmespath/go-jmespath v0.0.0-20160803190731-bd40a432e4c7/go.mod h1:Nht3zPeWKUH0NzdCt2Blrr5ys8VGpn0CEB0cQHVjt7k=